Josh Gerstein ✓

@joshgerstein · joined 12 Aug 2009

Sr. Legal Affairs Reporter, @POLITICO. Priors: ABC White House & China correspondent, CNN, NY Sun 🇺🇸🇦🇺josh@joshgerstein.com. Signal: joshgerstein.46

111 655Followers

3 561Following

75 852Posts total

683.8KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. shown widely, but few of those viewers react.

Median views9 587this account21 891median for 100K–1M

Reach, %8.59%this account6.81%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.53%this account1.14%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	9 587	21 891	0.44×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	8.59%	6.81%	1.26×
Engagement rate	0.53%	1.14%	0.46×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

504.5K19 Nov

150.6K2 Sep

11.1K

3.2K

4.9K

9.6K3 Sep

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.12%19 Nov

1.06%2 Sep

0.28%

0.53%

0.39%3 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.14%.

What the audience does

Likes62.4%1 524 in total

Reposts12.6%309 in total

Replies17.3%422 in total

Quotes2.1%51 in total

Bookmarks5.6%137 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

I understand why criminal defense attorneys infantilize their clients by referring to them by first name. I don't agree with it, but I get it. Why would lawyers do so with an adult client promoting a ballot measure? https://t.co/J4IahDyN0K https://t.co/E6AO3uXcJQ 9.6K views · 22 likes · 2 reposts · 9 replies 03 Sep 2026 Each $1 coin will cost $2.44. #inflation 4.9K views · 14 likes · 3 reposts · 9 replies 02 Sep 2026 NEW: New OLC opinion claims states participating in welfare programs TANF & SSI have duty to report all immigrants the state deems to be illegal, regardless of which state agency makes the conclusion and whether the person applied for those programs. w/@kyledcheney 3.2K views · 16 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies 02 Sep 2026 The $1 coin designed to celebrate America’s 250th birthday and seemingly President Donald Trump, whose face gazes from one side of the gold finish, will go on sale Wednesday, according the U.S. Mint. Read more: https://t.co/z970WSLsG6 https://t.co/BIQLG0qBk1 11.1K views · 9 likes · 2 reposts · 15 replies 02 Sep 2026 BREAKING: Trump Office of Legal Counsel reverses 1998 OLC opinion (by Randolph Moss) & now holds that 1996 welfare reform law PRWORA requires states to report to the federal government every time a state concludes someone is an undocumented immigrant. https://t.co/4cty7xjslp 150.6K views · 1.2K likes · 262 reposts · 44 replies 02 Sep 2026 If you prefer to follow me on other platforms, going forward, most posts are also available on Threads https://t.co/Sqy06c0GeO and Bluesky https://t.co/676NQv9T43. I intend to keep posting here. Updates as conditions warrant. Thank you for your attention. 504.5K views · 213 likes · 40 reposts · 344 replies 19 Nov 2024